And so I hear Harry Reid waxing rhapsodic over
the fate of the innocents in Syria. Unfortunately, the gentleman from Nevada's
concern is one born of political expedience and moreover it is a part of the
collective sigh of relief being heaved by the mainstream media and left-wing
political wonks who are giddy that Vladimir Putin ostensibly stepped in to
relief their president of the arduous task of being a leader in the theatre of
foreign policy. Despite the fact that it was move that capitalized on a John
Kerry gaffe and was designed to highlight U.S. incompetence. And now Putin is
having an even greater field day at Obama's expense. And ours.

I am certain that in his liberal heart of
hearts, Mr. Reid truly believed that his recent comparison between American
isolationism prior to the First and Second World Wars and the present public
opinion that we should not mire ourselves in this conflict is justified. And he
has undoubtedly talked himself into believing that the plight of those caught
in the crossfire between Bashar Assad and the Syrian rebels is tantamount to
that of those who were victimized under the Third Reich. And to be sure, there
are victims in Syria and Bashar Assad is not one of them. Assad is an evil man,
and has engaged in terrible things. However the rebels in Syria are not the
proverbial good guys in the midst of this conflict. Their ties to terrorism are
being ignored at our peril, and at the peril of the innocents in Syria. Case in
point, the Christians in Aleppo who are terrified that should the Syrian army
depart, the arrival of the rebels will be heralded by the massacre of
Christians there, specifically members of the Chaldean Catholic Church.

And they have good reason to be afraid.
Yesterday, CNS News reported that with 15 months to go before the U.S. pulls
out of Afghanistan, some Afghan leaders and media outlets are already calling
for Christians in that county to be put to death under Sharia Law. The record
of acts against Christians in Middle East and elsewhere is long and well
documented. And the rebels in Syria with ties to the Muslim Brotherhood are at
this moment stating openly that they would love to take Golan from Israel, no
matter how that might be accomplished. Much as the Obama administration looked
the other way in confusion when the Arab Spring turned 180 degrees it seems to
be woefully, if not purposefully unaware of who the players are here. Not that
this administration has much love for Christians, or Israel. And to further
complicate matters, General Salim Idris who is the Chief of Staff for the
Supreme Military Council for the Free Syrian Army (Which has the support of
Obama and an endorsement from John McCain.) has called Israel an enemy country
and called Assad and Hezbollah Israeli collaborators.

Okay, then. As they say at the ballparks
"You can't tell the players without a scorecard." Or in this case,
even with one.

To further highlight this sorry example of Clown
College foreign policy, Breitbart had blurb Tuesday with Syria crowing that it
had accepted the Russian proposal to "pull the rug from under the feet of
American aggression." Of course in the process, the rug has been pulled from
under the feet of American foreign policy, but we already knew that.

To bring this full circle, Harry Reid's cry for
the innocents comes from a very real, and very sincere, but very dysfunctional
state of mind. An all-too traditional left wing mind that believes that
anything which is counter the perceived status quo and is potentially hateful
to conservatives is by definition a good thing, and any further ramifications,
no matter how significant can be sorted out later. Much like Obamacare. That
and a desperate desire to hold up this president, even by the slenderest of
threads.

This mindset coupled with the naive belief that
one can conduct foreign affairs as if it were a friendly game of Risk or
Stratego in the vacation house on Martha's Vineyard will be the undoing of more
than just a presidency.